Auckland, The Royal New Zealand Navy – 75 Anniversary. From our archive.

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Last year, at October 2016 marked the 75th Anniversary of the foundation of New Zealand Navy.

On 1 October 1941, His Majesty King George VI approved the designation “Royal New Zealand Navy” for the regular element of the New Zealand Naval Forces (with Reserve and Volunteer Reserve elements appropriately titled.)

So the date is being celebrated with a programme of commemorative events and activities – collectively named Operation NEPTUNE.Ships from Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Tonga, and the United States arrived to Auckland helping the Navy to celebrate its milestone.

HMNZS Taupo is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ships are designed for maritime surveillance and patrol missions around New Zealand’s 15,000-kilometre coast and out to the 200 nautical mile limit of our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).